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One Big Laugh - comedy gig during Mental Health Action Week 2008

Comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli

Some of the world’s funniest stand-up comedians hit the stage during Mental Health Action Week raising money and awareness for the Mental Health Foundation.

 

The gig was being hosted by Glaswegian Hardeep Sing Kohli. Other guests included:

 

  • Montana resident Rich Hall

  • Australian Brendan Burns

  • London’s Simon Amstell

  • Plus other special guests

 

Thank you to all those who came along to support us. The night was a great success!

 

Laughter… did you know?

 

‘A clown is like an aspirin, only he works twice as fast.’

Groucho Marx

 

Researchers have found that:

 

  • Laughter and humour are great ways to reduce tension as they are often followed by a state of relaxation. Humour can help to:

  

      • Reduce stress
      • Lower blood pressure
      • Elevate mood
      • Boost the immune system
      • Improve brain functioning
      • Protect the heart
      • Connect us to others
      • Make us feel good

 

Comedian Simon Amstrell

 

  • Laughter helps us make and maintain social relationships by increasing our energy levels

  

  • Only 10-20 per cent of laughs are related to jokes. People telling an anecdote laugh 50 per cent more than those listening

  

  • It is estimated that children laugh over 300 times a day whereas adults laugh only 15 times. Children laugh as early as seventeen days after birth

 

  • Some apes use laughter-like behaviour - laughter may be the root of language

 

 

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